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 London City Airport (11/06/08) |
This news is astounding for those of us used to thinking of the airport as having destinations in northern Europe. When it opened, Milan was thought to be at the limit of where you could fly to....
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| Going for gold! (28/05/08) |
Four years from today, we will be in the final countdown to the 2012 Olympics. By then, much of the massive investment around Newham will be nearing completion, with only the final touches left ...
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| Women's Business Centre (14/05/08) |
In Newham we have a lot to look forward to over the next few years. With the Olympic Games in four years time we are already seeing many positive changes to our area – and I am confident that ...
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| Keeping Newham moving forward (30/04/08) |
Tomorrow I will be heading to my local polling station to cast my votes in the London elections. There’s a lot at stake in these polls, and the new London Mayor will have a key role in improvi...
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| East Ham's post offices (16/04/08) |
The Recorder has – rightly – given prominent coverage to the controversy over post office closures in Newham. I have now submitted my evidence on the plans, and wanted Recorder readers ...
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| Welcoming Sortex to Beckton (02/04/08) |
Last month, I opened a new factory in Beckton, near Gallions Reach DLR station. It belongs to Bühler Sortex, which has relocated from Stratford to make way for the Olympic Park. At t...
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| Budget 2008 (19/03/2008) |
The global credit crunch has been caused by problems a long way from Britain. People in the USA have been given mortgages they can’t afford to repay; and high demand in China is forcing up the ...
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| Celebrating "fairtrade fortnight" (05/03/08) |
This is Fairtrade Fortnight (25th February – 9th March). Newham’s longest established employer, the Tate and Lyle sugar refinery in Silvertown, has grabbed the headlines. I warmly ...
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| Employment opportunities (20/02/08) |
I could not have asked for better. The figures for January were the first employment figures to be published since I became Minister for Employment in the reshuffle in January. And they...
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| Having faith in Newham (06/02/08) |
Newham has a good claim to be the most diverse community on earth. This is reflected in our religious diversity. The 2001 census showed 47% of Newham’s population to be Christians, and 24% to b...
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| The Web Revolution (23/01/08) |
BEFORE I BECAME AN MP I worked for sixteen years in telecommunications and computing, focussing in particular on the future role of broadband communications and its potential to make our lives ea...
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| Happy New Year! (09/01/08) |
A new year is upon us. I hope every reader had a relaxing Christmas and enjoyable celebration of the new year. During the holidays I thought back over the last 12 months. In 2...
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| Good news on pensions (26/12/07) |
The next stage of pension reform was unveiled this month when the Pensions Bill was introduced in the House of Commons. It builds on measures in the Pensions Act of earlier this year. Thes...
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| Sahayan Vincent - a life well lived (12/12/07) |
Sahayan Vincent was a kindly man. I realised that when I first met him in the early 1980s, delivering notices for the monthly Little Ilford Labour Party meetings to his home in Harcourt Ave...
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| Diplomas: a new educational opportunity (28/11/07) |
Across Newham thousands of Year 11 students are facing difficult decisions about the next stage of their education. Should they take A-Levels? Go to College? Get an apprenticesh...
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| Enterprise Week (14/11/07) |
This week is Enterprise Week – our fourth annual celebration of enterprise, encouraging young people and others to turn their ideas into reality (www.enterpriseweek.org). Its an initiative ...
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| Zero carbon energy in Beckton (31/10/07) |
The history of Beckton is closely bound up with the gas industry. Beckton Gas Works was built on 540 acres of marshland and opened in 1870. The name Beckton derives from Simon Adams Beck, ...
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| Visit to Norway (17/10/07) |
Norway is a country apart, the most sparsely populated in Europe. I was with the British ambassador on the early morning flight from Oslo to the west coast fjord town of Molde, and the vast...
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| Gordon Brown's vision for education (03/10/07) |
Earlier this year I explained in the Recorder why I believed Gordon Brown was the right man to lead Britain. In the three months since he took over, we have faced the attempted bombings in ...
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| Business trips (19/09/07) |
Many people think that British manufacturing is finished. The collapse of MG Rover two years ago seemed to confirm it. But, earlier this month, the Engineering Employers Federation re...
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Four years from today, we will be in the final countdown to the 2012 Olympics. By then, much of the massive investment around Newham will be nearing completion, with only the final touches left ...
In Newham we have a lot to look forward to over the next few years. With the Olympic Games in four years time we are already seeing many positive changes to our area – and I am confident that ...
The Recorder has – rightly – given prominent coverage to the controversy over post office closures in Newham. I have now submitted my evidence on the plans, and wanted Recorder readers ...
Last month, I opened a new factory in Beckton, near Gallions Reach DLR station. It belongs to Bühler Sortex, which has relocated from Stratford to make way for the Olympic Park. At t...
Newham has a good claim to be the most diverse community on earth. This is reflected in our religious diversity. The 2001 census showed 47% of Newham’s population to be Christians, and 24% to b...